Pavel Buzek

Abt 1818 - 1908  (~ 90 years)

• Name	Pavel Buzek  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1818	Radlice, Moravia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Jun 1908	Nebraska   [1]
  Burial	Tvrz Homestead, Saline County, Nebraska
  Notes	Pavel and Marie Riha Buzek left Moravia in 1868--settling first in Red Oak, Iowa--and later moving to Saline County, Nebraska. Pavel filed a claim to the 80 acres of land on which they were living on October 17, 1870. He claimed the N 1/2 NE 1/4 of Section 18 in Turkey Creek Township. Here he built a home that was 12 by 16 feet wide with two doors and four windows. He also built a 12 by 40 foot stable and an eight by ten foot granary, along with a corn crib. A well of 50 feet was dug, and an acre of forest trees and several fruit trees were planted as well. His claim became final by December 10, 1877, two years after he had become a citizen. In 1882, he sold his homestead for $1100 to Frederick Weber and purchased 80 acres from the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad company, purchasing another 160 acres from them in 1886. After Pavel's wife died, he heard of land being available in Wisconsin, on the stipulation that the land be cleared of tree stumps. He made himself a sledge hammer and moved there to stake his claim. He returned home after eight years, discouraged. He was an old man and was unable to hold claim to the land he cleared. (Milligan, p 229). At the time of the 1900 Federal census, Paul can be found in Flambeau, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. He was a boarder in the home of Frank Caloud of Bohemia. Paul was listed as born in Bohemia in January 1824, age 76, widowed. He was shown as a naturalized citizen, immigrating in 1870. (Research): Census Listings: 1880 Census Nebraska, Saline County, Turkey Creek Precinct Enumerated 8 Jun 1880 Page 3 SD 1 ED 217 Stamped 61 23-24 Buzek, Paul W M 54 Farmer Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia Buzek, Mary W F 48 Wf Keeping House Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia Buzek, Paul W M 19 Son At Home Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia Buzek, Thomas W M 16 Son At Home Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia Buzek, Mary W F 9 Dtr Neb Bohemia Bohemia
  Person ID	I11015	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Marie Riha,   b. Jun 1830, Moravia d. 21 Feb 1887, Nebraska (Age ~ 56 years)
  Children	1. Anna Buzek,   b. Abt 1848, Moravia d. 28 Jan 1894 (Age ~ 46 years)   2. Frances Buzek,   b. Aft 1848, Moravia d. Bef 1870, Nebraska (Age ~ 20 years)   3. Pavel "Paul" Buzek,   b. 14 Dec 1859, Moravia d. 8 Dec 1937, Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age 77 years)   4. Tomas "Thomas" Buzek,   b. May 1864, Moravia d. 17 Jan 1928, Liberty Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age ~ 63 years)   5. Marie "Mary" Buzek,   b. Sep 1870, Saline County, Nebraska d. Feb 1928, Nebraska (Age ~ 57 years)
  Family ID	F1150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 6 Jun 1908 - Nebraska Burial - - Tvrz Homestead, Saline County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), p 229 (Reliability: 3). [S308] 1880 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005., (1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents? place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.), Nebraska, Saline County, Turkey Creek Precinct Enumerated 8 Jun 1880 Page 3 SD 1 ED 217 Stamped 61 23-24 (Reliability: 3).